CBC: Bell’s app ratings are too good to be true
Bell’s been caught red-handed trying to boost their ratings in the Apple app store by having senior managers write up fake reviews. Now they might get booted from the app…
2014
Pipelines and the Erosion of the National Energy Board’s Credibility
This is a guest post by Karen Campbell, Ecojustice staff lawyer. The dramatic events unfolding on Burnaby Mountain — where more than 100 protestors have been arrested and charged with…
Want to Stop Climate Change? Here’s How.
Easy as pie. Easy, peasy. All we have to do is tweak a few laws. New law. Matters relating to climate change and including claims for consequential human suffering and…
Why Blockadia Matters
You may not be familiar with the notion of “Blockadia.” It’s an umbrella term for the loosely connected ‘web of campaigns standing up to the fossil fuel’ industry. The protesters…
The arbitrariness of detention is determined by what police did and not what they could have done
R. v. Stevenson, 2014 ONCA 842 Whatever lawful police power, apart from the arrest power, thepolice may have had to detain the appellant, they did not purport toexercise any such…
Growing the Green Roof Industry in North America
Green roofs are great! They help alleviate a lot of issues that arise in urban living while making cities more beautiful. There is growing interest in making sure that urban…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Climate deals and pipeline steals
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/podcast-141128-oil-and-climate.mp3 Today’s episode is focused on the economics and politics of climate change, both more globally and locally. To get a global perspective on the state of climate negotiations and…
Rick Repudiates Economic Action Plan Ads
Dishonest and manipulative, such taxpayer-funded government propaganda deservedly earns the scorn of Rick Mercer: Recommend this Post
Hey Kathleen Wynne! This is wrong: Catholic school principal shuts down Grade 6 students’ project on gay rights
Polly Hamilton, left, and Quinn Maloney-Tavares, both 11, wanted to do a social justice school project on gay rights, but their principal at an Ottawa Catholc Catholic School vetoed the…
No Doug, No Problem
If at first you don’t succeed, try something you’re even less qualified for? Not exactly conventional wisdom, but very little of that applies when talking about the Fords. For example,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 27, 2014
Your news links for today: Now playing at the CRTC: your precarious future on the Internet – Life on the Broadband Internet Telecom markets don’t need more regulation, Bell tells…
The Pinnacle of Homeopathic Stupidity
“Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?” asks the headline on Quackometer.net. It’s hard to imagine anyone getting dumber than a belief in homeopathy (aka The One Quackery to Rule Them All),…
Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in Air Around Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale
Results from air samples taken in the Fayetteville Shale show notably elevated levels of formaldehyde, a suspected human carcinogen that can cause respiratory and reproductive problems as well as birth…
Phase II of mental health plan serves up crumbs from the health care table
Above: Arthur Gallant — one of the more inspired choices for the Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council. Ontario Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins has been doing a lot…
New column day
Here, on the growing (and increasingly interconnected) movement to save our local and global environment alike from fossil fuel extraction. For further reading…– The latest pipeline under discussion is of…
Pre sentence custody should be customarily considered at 1.5 to 1
R. v. Geddes, 2014 ONCA 838: In R. v. Summers, S.C.J. No. 26, the Court held that the loss of early release alone will generally be a sufficient basis on…
Okay, Global’s Tom Clark has been redeemed.
After receiving various complaints from readers about the recent critical posting about Global Television’s Tom Clark, it is time to recant. The truth is that this writer has always been…